ron brownstein, cnn political analyst is here as well. >> welcome to you all. we will be talking here in a moment. we have to begin with the huge story. "starting point," this morning, death and despair mounting in the middle east. the conflict in gaza city, it is intensifying. it's been intensifying overnight. look at the destruction here. an israeli missile slamming into a residential neighborhood taking out the two-story home. 11 people were killed including four children. >> let's get right to cnn's anderson cooper who is live in gaza city this morning. anderson, i understand the situation changing by the minute, getting increasingly dangerous. >> reporter: we just saw, actually, probably about four or five minutes ago a number of rockets actually being fired from gaza city just over in that direction toward israel. we have not heard on the israeli side the results of those rockets. but we've seen probably at least -- more than half a dozen rockets before that rocket barrage being fired over the last several hours. i saw at least six with my own eyes. it ha